Army of the Bashaw of Tripoli

The Army of the Bashaw (Pasha) of Tripoli was a military unit of the Ottoman Empire that was based at Misratah on the coast of Libya.

History
The Army of the Bashaw of Tripoli consisted of 6,000 Sipahis, the cavalry corps of the Ottoman Empire, and was stationed at Misratah in Ottoman North Africa (present-day Libya). From 1 January 1836 to 6 November 1837, the Army of the Bashaw of Tripoli engaged in the Ottoman Restoration of Tripoli, during which they crushed a rebellion by Tripoli Eyalet. They first won the Battle of Gharyan on 20 January 1836, then the Battle of Tripoli on 1 June 1836; they went on to occupy the Tripolitanian capital of Murzuk in June of 1837, and on 6 November 1837, the fall of Sabha forced Tripoli to agree to annexation.

Later, the Bashaw of Tripoli's army was stationed on the border with the Khedivate of Egypt during the Ottoman Liberation of Egyptian Ankara from 19 November 1837 to 23 November 1842, ensuring that no Egyptian army would invade Ottoman Africa.